Adjustment of birth weight for weighing age and relationship of standardized birth weight with early mortality in N'Dama calves under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia
Presents results of a study carried out in The Gambia on birth-weight data recorded between 1986 and 1991 on 3453 N'Dama calves from the village production systems to identify major factors influencing this trait and to quantify the relationship between birth weight and early calf mortality. Least-s...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge University Press
1992
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28255 |
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